eager
US: /ˈiɡɝ/
UK: /ˈiːɡɐ/
UK: /ˈiːɡɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
eager /'i:gə/
- tính từ
- ham, háo hức, hăm hở, thiết tha, hau háu
- eager for learning: ham học
- eager for gain: hám lợi
- eager glance: cái nhìn hau háu
- eager hopes: những hy vọng thiết tha
- nồng (rượu...)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) rét ngọt
- ham, háo hức, hăm hở, thiết tha, hau háu
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
~ (for sth / to do sth) very interested and excited by sth that is going to happen or about sth that you want to do
Synonym: KEEN
eager crowds outside the stadium + She is eager for (= wants very much to get) her parents' approval. + Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn. + They're eager to please (= wanting to be helpful).
eagerly adverb: the band's eagerly awaited new CD + They eagerly accepted my offer of hospitality.
eagerness noun [U, sing.]: I couldn't hide my eagerness to get back home.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
avid, zealous, ardent, earnest, keen, enthusiastic, hot, hungry, fervent, fervid, passionate, spirited, inspirited, energetic, energized, vehement, animated, excited, vitalized, stimulated; desirous, yearning, desiring, craving, wanting, longing, itchy, impatient; anxious; Colloq dying, Slang US hot to trot:
We were particularly eager to spend our holiday in Spain.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, look, seem, sound | become
ADV.
only too, really, very
They were only too eager to help us.
| increasingly | quite
PREP.
for
We were eager for news.
Concise English dictionary
'iːgə
noun
+a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
adj.
+having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
+marked by active interest and enthusiasm
